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Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Notes
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Act 1 Prologue
y Summary of the play y Setting: Verona, Italy y Old argument between two families causes fights/riots
y 4" " - Dz-"-..." "dz
- ill-fated - not meant to be together -DzFrom forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;dz y Only the deaths of Romeo and Juliet can end the argument
- 4 " - Dz-"-..."dz "
y The play should take two hours to perform
Act 1, Scene 1
y Capulet servants boast about fighting Montagues (enemy) y Capulet servant insults/ bites his thumb at Montague servant which starts a fight (riot) y Benvolio arrives and tries to break up fight y Benvolio: Part, fools!
Put up your swords; you know not what you do.
y Tybalt provokes Benvolio into fighting y Tybalt: What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word,
As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee:
Have at thee, coward!
y Prince Escalus arrives, stops fight, and sentences the family that starts the next fight/riot to death. y Prince: If ever you disturb our streets again,
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace
y Lord Montague and wife and Lord Capulet both appear at the scene y Lord Capulet is most interested in fighting y Lady Montague & Lady Capulet encourage their husbands not to fight y Lord Montague: Away from the light steals home my heavy son,
And private in his chamber pens himself,
Shuts up his windows, locks far daylight out
And makes himself an artificial night:
y Benvolio has seen Romeo wandering around. y Romeo tells Benvolio that he is depressed y Romeo loves Rosaline. (Romeo is obsessed with her.) y Rosaline wants nothing to do with him; she has sworn off love and men to become a nun y Benvolio wants Romeo to look at other girls to date
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Notes
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Act 1, Scene 2
y Count Paris, who is 21, asks Lord Capulet if he can marry Juliet. y Capulet would like Paris to wait 2 years y Capulet will agree to the marriage only if Juliet also agrees. He tells Paris to begin wooing her y Lord Capulet: But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart,
My will to her consent is but a part;
An she agree, within her scope of choice
Lies my consent and fair according voice.
y 1. Romeo reads the guest list for an illiterate servant. y 2. Rosaline is invited to the party. Romeo is interested in going now! y Benvolio talks Romeo into crashing the party. y 1. Benvolio wants Romeo to compare Rosaline to other girls. y 2. He thinks Romeo will realize that there are other women in the world. y Benvolio: Go thither; and, with unattainted eye,
And I will make thee think thy swan a crow.
Act 1, Scene 3
y Lady Capulet goes to see Juliet about marrying Paris. y Lady Capulet: Well, think of marriage now; younger than you,
Here in Verona, ladies of esteem,
Are made already mothers: by my count,
I was your mother much upon these years
That you are now a maid. Thus then in brief:
The valiant Paris seeks you for his love.
y Nurse rambles on and on; says Juliet will be 14 in 2 weeks. She speaks crude comments about Juliet, showing her lower class y y It does not appear she wants to marry Paris y Juliet to Lady Capulet: I'll look to like, if looking liking move:
But no more deep will I endart mine eye
Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.
y Nurse thinks that marrying Paris would be a good idea. y Juliet agrees to meet Paris at the party and consider his offer of marriage.
Act 1, Scene 4
y Romeo, Benvolio, Mercuito, and friends are on their way to crash the party. y 2. Says he will not dance. y The guys are wearing masks at the party to hide their identities. y Mercutio tries to cheer Romeo up by talking about his dream.
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Notes
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y Romeo fears that something bad is going to come of this night; i.e. he might die. y Romeo: I fear, too early: for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night's revels and expire the term
Of a despised life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death. FORESHADOWING y "...-ǯ 1 " ǣ them as they sleep y Romeo says he listens to his dreams y Mercutio uses the Queen Mab speech to tell Romeo to ignore his dreams; dreams are nonsenseȂ he gives many examples
Act 1, Scene 5
y Lord Capulet welcomes all to his party. y Romeo: O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear
y Tybalt, who is a hothead, overhears Romeo talking about Juliet and instantly wants to kill him. y Tybalt: Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe,/ A villain that is hither come in spite, To scorn at our solemnity this night FORESHADOWING y Lord Capulet stops Tybalt from fighting in his house and warns him to calm down or to leave the party. y Lord Capulet reminds Tybalt that Romeo is behaving y Romeo and Juliet meet but do not exchange names. y Romeo worships Juliet with religious devotion y Saints and prayers are referenced in their dialogue y As people are leaving, Nurse tells Romeo who Juliet is. She is a Capulet and his enemy. y Romeo to Nurse: Is she a Capulet?
O dear account! my life is my foe's debt.
y Nurse also identifies Romeo for Juliet. He is a Montague and her enemy. y Juliet to Nurse: Go ask his name: if he be married.
My grave is like to be my wedding bed.
y Juliet to Nurse: My only love sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious birth of love it is to me,
That I must love a loathed enemy.
y Both Romeo and Juliet are depressed at these discoveries. Now what?
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Notes
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